Originally Posted by
corperalcleg
I was actually asked that by the CP at my interview. I told him I have 2 failures. Like everyone says, be honest and own up to your mistakes. They hired me over a CKA super pilot that went on bragging about how great he was and how he's never failed a check ride.
Thanks for sharing man. I wish I had never failed any, but at the same time my failures have made me better and improved me to be the pilot I am now. Most importantly they have instilled in me what I think is the most important attribute in a pilot, humility.
Checkride failures are just such a bad way of judging pilots sometimes. I know guys who are great pilots who have failures and horrible pilots with none.
Also, doesn't help that I chose a regional that loves to fail people in training. I mean we have had 50% fail rates for upgrades in some classes and when I was hired 1/3 of the class failed out with probably over half given failures.